Tuesday, 29 December 2009

Who intimidate who? Police or the citizens?

Intimidation must be accompanied with the ability to commit violence.How can the citizens commit violence against the police?

Unless police is intimidated when its actions are questioned by thecitizens, especially elected representatives.Actions such as violence against witnesses and suspects resulting indeaths, which are widely reported and yet no successful prosecution.

But demanding actions demanded by the law of justice, is notintimidating, it is called fighting for justice. It is those who stopthe fighters of justice who are doing the intimidating.

Actions speak louder than words.How many citizens died under police custody? Many. Just because thepolice had never been found guilty is not surprising when those doingthe investigations are the police themselves.

How many policemen died as a result of direct actions of oppositionelected representatives. None.

You can also apply this to the Israeli Jews versus Palestinian Arabs.Who do you think intimidate who?

You have to be consistent with your judgement if you really believe injustice.

Liew Chin TongLiew, in a statement, said: "Since when have the police gained suchclout that its actions are beyond public scrutiny and criticism?

"It is the most regrettable that the police has decided on such aharsh and draconian course to quell views expressed in public sphere."

By doing so, the police is clearly "intimidating" its critics, hesaid.

On Sunday, Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said EanYong's statement directing the police to cease their investigation ofLim seemed like an attempt to intimidate the police and as such, theSeri Kembangan state assemblyman would be hauled up for questioning.

Khalid had earlier said Lim would be questioned this week forallegedly making seditious comments after the DAP secretary-generaltold a Pakatan Rakyat convention on Dec 19 that Teoh Beng Hock hadbeen "murdered".

Teoh, 30, the political secretary to Ean Yong, was found dead on July16 at the fifth floor corridor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam, whichalso houses the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office. Hewas a witness into an MACC probe on alleged abuse of state funds.